Rock On !! Spot on!!!

I always liked the albums that tells a short story in 4-5 minutes with a cool music or song in the background and often wondered why it gets over so soon. Today, I came across a 140 min album with a nice story of four friends who felt they could create magic with music - but as usual the good things are always delayed and this one was no exception and it had to wait for 10 years - the story is all about why and how, with a touchy feel.
Great music - Shankar Ehsaan Loy trio rocked as usual , crisp story telling and smart casting were highlights of this musical magic. The makers got everything spot on in making this Rock On!!! For me it had an interesting quote which will stay with me for ever -

Rock On!! Zindagi milegi naa dubaaraaa

Don versus Don

While the campus is confluencing - I had an opportunity to watch a couple of movies from the LAN here - both happened to be Don, yeah the old one and the new one. Having not seen any movie since long time - I found both of them refreshing and entertaining. The first one was classic and Amitabh was too good in both the roles. I thought it would be difficult to resist Sharukh after seeing Amitabh - but to my surprise, the show here was run by Farhan Akthar - who managed to create interest by potraying the pseud image and the changed times - the global locations, hi-technology security devices, the diary was replaced by a small disk, police vans were replaced by helicopters and chartered flights and the list goes on. If the older version was all about showing emotions and anger, the newer one was all about displaying shrewdness. The director stuck to the original, scene to scene to begin with, but smartly hijacked the story in the second half. While, the original version followed the formula - Good wins over the Evil , the latest version chose to justify that "Don ko pakdna mushkil hi nahin naa mumkin hain"!!!